Vbrockwell

May 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username.

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 Thank you. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:09, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Vbrockwell (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

Vbrockwell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

Your reason here Hlondie was blocked so want to change my username to Vbrockwell Hlondie (talk) 07:14, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Now that you've been renamed, you can be unblocked. PhilKnight (talk) 21:57, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

ename

The software is hung up. Still waiting for it to finish.Dlohcierekim (talk) 10:53, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Renamed "Hlondie" to "Vbrockwell"Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

June 2019

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for advertising or promotion. From your contributions, this seems to be your only purpose.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  MER-C 10:06, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Blocked

Hi @MER-C:,

I've just received notification that my article has been blocked as it's deemed as and advertising only account.

I'm so sorry about this and that certainly wasn't the intention. Could you please let me know what it was that made you come to this decision as I would really like to change this and remove anything that make's the article appear to be advertising. Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

Many thanks

Vbrockwell (talk) 10:52, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

You are blocked because the only reason you are editing Wikipedia is for marketing/public relations purposes re: Hattons of London. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. MER-C 11:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Unblock request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Vbrockwell (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Hi, could you please review the decision to block my article. I don't believe there is any advertising or PR related in the article. I'm just presenting the company details so people know who we are like the thousands of other companies listed on wikipedia. I will of course make any changes deemed necessary Vbrockwell (talk) 11:45, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Please show where you did your mandatory paid-editor disclosure. I can't find it. If you have not made one, you are basically not going to be unblocked without agreeing to refrain from editing about Hattons of London and anything else for which you have a conflict of interest. At the moment, it looks like you were warned about this and chose to ignore the warning. Yamla (talk) 12:00, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

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Hi @Yamla:,

Thank you for letting me know and explaining the issue. I'm afraid I'm new to wikipedia and assumed that as I'm not being paid and am not a PR company etc, I would not have to do this. I haven't received a warning about it and certainly have not ignored it. I'm so sorry about this.

Is there anyone I can go to for help, especially on how to do a paid editor disclosure - I'm assuming I have to do this whether I am paid or not?

Best regards

Vbrockwell (talk) 14:24, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

This is not accurate. You were warned here, and that warning is still visible on your page. You are welcome to make a new unblock request, but remember, you will almost certainly not be unblocked to write about Hattons of London. --Yamla (talk) 14:35, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I also see there's a Vbrockwell who works at Hattons of London. If that is you, note that this would directly contradict your claim "I'm not being paid". Even if you aren't drawing a salary, a claim I find extremely unlikely, it wouldn't free you from WP:PAID. You'll need to address this, too, in your unblock request. --Yamla (talk) 14:37, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Yamla:,

Thank you for giving me the link. As I mentioned, I am new to wikipedia and thought that it was the username that was the issue and as it was unblocked after I changed it then everything was ok.

I see regarding payment. So even though I work for the company and get a salary (regardless of whether it's for wikipedia) this still means I have to disclose it. I thought that was if I was a company like a PR agency etc. I really didn't understand this correctly for which I apologise.

I really didn't mean to cause any issues for wikipedia or Hattons of London. It was honestly a misunderstanding on my part.

So basically from what you are saying, there's nothing I can do now?

Best regards

Vbrockwell (talk) 14:45, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

You are very welcome to make a new unblock request. However, if your only goal is to write about your company, it will almost certainly be declined. If instead you wish to write about subject areas for which you have no conflict of interest, there's a good chance it'll be accepted. --Yamla (talk) 15:03, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Yamla:,

Thank you so much for your help. This has been a huge learning curve for me.

Best regards

Vbrockwell (talk) 15:08, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Hattons of London

Hello, Vbrockwell

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Scope creep and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Hattons of London, should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hattons of London.

You might like to note that such discussions usually run for seven days and are not ballot-polls. And, our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

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